Tuscan Bean Soup

This restaurant-quality soup is hearty enough to stand on its own for dinner or lunch. Serve it with some garlic bread or a small salad.

Why We Love This Recipe

We have a favorite little place in Puerto Rico where they serve an amazing bean soup. After our second visit, I decided to recreate it at home. And WOW did it turn out great! Imagine making restaurant-quality Tuscan bean soup from San Juan Puerto Rico in your own home.

This recipe has become a family favorite and is easy enough to make that it’s become a staple in the fall and winter.

Hint: We actually like it better reheated the day after I make it.

Ingredients

Let’s Make Tuscan Bean Soup

1. Heat olive oil in a large stockpot.
2. Cut bacon into small pieces and cook them in the oil for 4-5 minutes until crispy.
3. Dice carrots, celery, and onions and add them to the stockpot.
4. Cook for another 5 minutes on medium heat.
5. Rinse beans under cool water and add them to the pot.
6. Add chicken broth and fresh rosemary sprigs.
7. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer for 40 minutes.
8. Remove the rosemary sprigs, and blend the soup with an emersion blender. If you do not have an emersion blender, add soup to a stander blender and mix until creamy.
9. Stir in half n half and serve.

Build A Soup Gift Basket

I love to give food as gifts and homemade soup makes a gift that tells your friends they’re special.

1. Soup mug – you can buy really inexpensive and cute mugs at the dollar store or a thrift shop.
2. A glass jar with a lid – I bought this one at a discount store. I found it on the clearance table so it was another inexpensive find. 
3. Roll up a cute tea towel.
4. A small bundle of fresh rosemary. 
5. A couple of sesame breadsticks.

Krazy Kitchen Mom Tips

• I have a pair of kitchen shears that are perfect for cutting up ingredients like bacon and herbs. I used the shears to cut the raw bacon into equal-sized pieces.
• Because the bacon cooks in a small amount of olive oil, it may splatter. Keep the burner on medium heat to help avoid the amount of bacon grease splatter.
• Canned beans are packed in a liquid that is full of sodium. Be sure to rinse the beans thoroughly in cool water.

More KKM Family Favorite Recipes

1. Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing                                          
2. Amish Macaroni Salad
3. Low Carb Tomato Soup
4. Crescent Roll Veggie Pizza
5. Crescent Roll Taco Pizza

If you make this recipes, show me a pic! You can upload your photo to your Instagram account and tag me @krazykitchenmom